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Guilt was not part of my heritage. The senior members of my family had disapproved of it. One must recognize mistakes and acknowledge them and work to break the patterns of behavior that led to them. But guilt was unproductive.
“Life is a process,” Theresa had said. “We make and remake ourselves, responding to changes both external and internal. But guilt is static.”